EU policy/Position mapping

This page is inteded to be the gathering point for information about the positions of EU policy related actors in regard to the copyright reform process of 2013.

Copyright Reform edit

Parties edit

Greens edit

The Greens co-sponsored Christian Engström’s book (see Pirate Party)

 In a nutshell:

  • legalise noncommercial use as long as attributed (e.g. cc-by-nc)
  • no escalation of current copyright
  • weaken entertainment oligopolies and reform collection and redistribution systems
  • restrain DRM
  • copyright automatic for 5 years, then can be renewed for another 15

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Pirate Party edit

 In a nutshell:

  • no changes to the moral rights
  • free noncommercial use
  • five years of commercial exclusivity
  • free sampling — codified ”fair use”
  • ban DRM

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S&D edit

Copyright & the Internet: S&Ds want consumers and creative sector on the same side.

 In a nutshell:

  • balance between consumers and creatives (very fuzzy)
  • criticize lack of common internal market


Alde edit

see Schaake

EPP edit

see Gallo

People edit

Neelie Kroes edit

 In a nutshell:

  • no extra “punishments”
  • authors/creators income too low (partly because of current copyright)
  • new business models required
  • no nationally limited licensing
  • copyright must fit society and not vice-versa

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Marielle Gallo edit

 In a nutshell:

  • no new exceptions
  • less market fragmentation/digital single market
  • more transparency in collecting societies
  • easier licensing

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Marietje Schaake edit

 In a nutshell:

  • harmonised European system indispensable
  • easier access to culture and knowledge
  • generally supports the Commission for now

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Evelyn Regner edit

 In a nutshell:

  • was against ACTA
  • is for net neutrality
  • copyright stance: stronger rights for creators vis-à-vis collecting societies

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Pressure Groups and NGOs edit

La Quadrature Du Net edit

 In a nutshell:

  • net/technology neutrality
  • legalise noncommercial use
  • abandon DRM
  • new collection and distribution systems
  • new business models to distribute copyright material legally online
  • shorter copyright

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Authors' Associations edit

Collecting societies edit

Creative Commons edit

Industry Actors edit

RTL Group edit

 In a nutshell:

  • copyright is creativity
  • rights holders need to be suitably rewarded
  • broadcasters provide lion's share of artists income

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Data Protection Reform edit

Political Parties edit

People edit

NGOs edit

Governments edit

UK edit

UK government position on the data protection reform proposals

Ireland edit

Irish presidency press release

 In a nutshell:

  • The Irish presidency would like to bring the process forward.
  • Data protection is seen mainly as an instrument to foster economic growth.

Industry Actors edit

La Quadrature du Net has started a Wiki page trying to gather and summarise the positions published by the industry lobbyist on data protection. To avoid doulbe work and pointless repetitive copy-and-pasting we should work on their page when it comes to this seciton: LQDN Wiki - Lobbies on dataprotection